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> The database one is weird. You don't need to know how to create a good database system yourself in order to effectively use one, I think.

If your default answer is "Just use PostgreSQL until something screams at us that we shouldn't" then you are correct, you don't need to know about database systems.

Yet, these will be the same people screaming to use <flavoroftheweekQL> instead just using PostgreSQL.




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